It's been so long since I've written a post, I've almost forgotten how to do it. Oops!
Over the last year I've written quite a bit, but almost entirely in an actual, physical notebook. Weird, I know. My plan is to write on here more this year. More personal posts, but also fun stuff, like, ahem... names?! Yes. Good. In the next few days I want to get some goals and resolutions up here, as well as bookish stuff. It's been so long since I've written anything about books, and I made the colossal mistake of not keeping a solid list of the books I read in 2018.
So - more posts to come. But I thought I'd start with a fun one, first. To get my momentum going! :)
Y'all know I'm a massive fan of all things name-related. And a lot of you do, too - the name posts are among the most popular on this site! With that in mind, a few months ago my friend (hey Liz, wassup?!) talked about how it might be fun to do name-game type of posts; challenges like "come up with matchy nature names for twins" or "come up with two names using characters in your favorite book" - that kind of stuff. (And if you find this as fun as I do, you should check out Swistle, Sancta Nomina, and Appellation Mountain! All three sites receive letters from expectant parents and offer advice on baby names, whether it's trying to find a name that sounds great with the siblings' names, or looking for names related to a specific holiday, or offering solutions to parents trying to name a baby after a family member with a less-than-ideal name.)
Anyway! First game up is alliteration! Some folks avoid repeating initials, but I think there's something charming about alliterative names. Sometimes they just sound fantastic - it's also nice because, to my ear anyway, alliterative names give you the opportunity to merge two different styles. Buzz and Benjamin? Very different names - it'd be startling to meet brothers named Benjamin and Buzz. But put those names together, into a first and middle name? It suddenly works; I suppose the letters tying into each other will do that for a name. Alliteration can build bridges, it can work for any style, for any parents seeking any vibe. Some of these names have a Catholic flair, some have more of a (very slight) hipster vibe. Some have both. (Plus, a lot of old, vintage names are being used by parents of all ages and lifestyles.) And unisex names can work, too! (For names that I think fit particularly well into those categories, I'll mark them by using those colors!) To me, this can often be a really good solution if one parent likes boyish names for a daughter and the other likes frilly names - or if one likes a soft, worldly name for a son and the other prefers a harder, "strong" name.
And truly, I think alliterative names are often just plain delightful to read and to say aloud.
So, that brings us to... a list of possible alliterative names for each letter of the alphabet! Today's list is A-H. I-O and P-Z will be posted over the next couple of days.
A: Girl Names
Agatha Anne
Amalia Adelaide
Alice Antonia
Anastasia Adair
Azelie Anne
Agnes Adele
Anna Aliz
Adeline Avery
Ava Abigail
Astrid Adelaide
A: Boy Names
Adrian Augustine
Albert Ambrose
Arthur Abraham
Anthony Alistair
Anthony Aldo
Andre Atticus
Alfred Aquinas
Arlo Alexander
B: Girl Names
Bronwen Briella
Beatrix Blair
Bernadette Bloom
Bridget Belphoebe
Belen Blythe
Beryl Brianne
Bo Beatrice
Bridget Bellamy
B: Boy Names
Bennett Bryce
Barnaby Bram
Benedict Baz
Bruno Boyd
Benjamin Buzz
Beckett Blase
Basil Bernard
Bellamy Bruce
C: Girl Names
Caroline Claire
Catherine Cosima
Clara Clementine
Cecily Cate
Constance Colette
Charlotte Claire
Caris Cordelia
Cecilia Clare
Cleo Chiara
Cara Cornelia
Calliope Clair
Catherine Cosette
Cora Christine
Cowen Clarice
Coralie Cate
C: Boy Names
Christopher Clark
Charles Cooper
Caleb Cassius
Clement Cuthbert*
Christopher Cuthbert
Crosby Cole
Conrad Cornelius
Christopher Cowen
Cornelius Conrad
Cedric Cyprus
Cosmo Carrington
Cary Calloway
Christopher Cosimo
D: Girl Names
Della Diane
Darcy Doreen
Daphne Dolores
Darcy Delphine
Dara Delphine
Dorcas Diana
Dorothy Day
D: Boy Names
Daniel Dimitri
Desmond Diego
Damian Drew
Donovan Dax
David Dashiell
Dominic Dean
Dale Davis
E: Girl Names
Elizabeth Elwell
Evangeline Elle
Eleanor Eliza
Edith Ellery
Em Eloise
Elowen Elizabeth
Elisabeth Evangeline
Edith Evangelina
Eliza Elm
Elodie Emilia
Eleanor Elspeth
Esther Evangeline
Erin Esmeralda
Etta Elisabeth
Edie Estrella
Everly Elizabeth
Evelyn Elizabeth
Emma Estelle
Elizabeth Eve
E: Boy Names
Eric Ezekiel
Edward Elijah
Errol Elijah
Elliot Edmund
Eli Ephraim
Enzo Elijah
Everett Eli
Emerson Echo
Erwin Ezekiel
Enzo Elias
Elwyn Everett
Edwin Emmanuel
Emmanuel Edward
F: Girl Names
Felicity Faye
Frances Felicity
Freya Faustine
Flannery Faye
Fiona Faye
Frances Fern
Finley Francine
Frankie Fiona
Florence Fiona
Flora Felicity
F: Boy Names
Frederick Fitzgerald
Francis Felix
Francis Finnegan
Franklin Flavio
Forest Ferdinand
G: Girl Names
Gemma Gianna
Gemma Genevieve
Georgia Grace
Gloria Gwen
Gwen Guadalupe
Greta Georgette
Gia Geraldine
Gabrielle Gwen
Gemma Grace
G: Boy Names
George Gerard
Gabriel Gilbert
Gregory Giles
Gideon George
Gus Grover
Gino Giuseppe
Gideon Good
Gil Gideon
Garrett Gregory
Gregory Gilbert
Gavin Gabriel
Grayson George
Graham Gilbert
Garrett Gunther
George Gibson
H: Girl Names
Harriet Hildegard
Helen Henrietta
Harriet Harper
Helena Happy
Hazel Helaine
Helga Henrietta
Hollis Harriet
Heidi Helena
Hattie Hildegard
Holly Hester
Hero Helene
Hillary Harper
Haley Helaine
Harley Heloise
Hadley Harper
H: Boy Names
Hal Harrison
Henry Huck
Henry Harper
Henry Hunter
Hugo Harrison
Henry Hamish
Hector Hudson
Harry Hawthorne
Harvey Howard
Harvey Herbert
Harvey Hamish
Harrison Heath
Harold Hayes
Hugo Harper
Harley Hector
Hadley Hamish
And that's all for the A-H list... though I'm sure I missed some! I think my personal favorites here are Agatha Anne, Agnes Adele, Albert Ambrose, Bridget Bellamy, Barnaby Bram, Basil Bernard, Clara Clementine, Cecily Cate, Conrad Cornelius, Darcy Delphine, Desmond Diego, Eleanor Eliza, Edwin Emmanuel, Florence Fiona, Felicity Faye, Francis Felix, Gwen Guadalupe, Gregory Gilbert, Gideon George, Harriet Hildegard, Harvey Hamish, and Henry Harper.
